Paper cap for milk bottles, jars, &amp;c.



No. 772,557. VPATENTBD 00 1?. 18, 190.4. t .H; s DENNISON.

PAPER GAP FOR MILK BOTTLBS,"JARS, 8w.

" APPLICATION II LED JULY 15. 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented October 18, 1904.

PATENT. OFFICE.

HENRY DENNISON, OF SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DENNISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BOSTON,

MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

PAPER CAP FO MILK BOTTLES, JARS, a0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 72557, dated October 18, 1904. Application filed July 1904:. Serial No. 216,748. (No model.)

I To all whom itmay concern:

bottles consists of a thick paper disk which rests against a shoulder on the inside of the" bottle-neck, leaving a recess or chamber above said paper disk,within which dust and dirt are liable to collect while the bottles are being carried to customers or when left at their doors.

My invention is designed to overcome this difficulty; and it consists of a paper cap adapted to fit over the top of a closed milk bottle or jar, said cap having its depending flange pro vided with creased folds, with the lower portion of said folded flange turned up against the inside of the cap, whereby when the cap is in place the folds of the inturned portion of the flange will be pressed down flat by the contact therewith of the neck of the bottle,

I thus preventing the expansion or spreading of the lower edge of the flange and causing the-cap tobe held securely in place.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l'is a vertical section of a closed milk-bottle provided with apaper cap constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side-elevation of the cap, a portion of its depending flange being broken away to show its inturned edge on the opposite side of the cap. Fig.3

is a perspective View of the cap.

In the said drawings, A represents an ordinary milk-bottle which after being filled is closed in the usual manner by means of a thick paper disk a, which rests on the shoulder 7), formed on the inside of the neck 0 of y the bottle.

-B represents a paper protecting-cap, which is placed over thetop of the closed bottle A, as shown in Fig. 1. Ihis cap is formed of a single piece of paper of any desired thickness by means of suitable dies, its depending flange 05 being provided with creased folds 10 and the lower portion of said flange being turned up or infolded on the inside of the cap, where its folds e are flattened down upon the adjacent inner surface of the flange d, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It will be seen that the inturned portion of the flange d with its creased folds reduces the inside diameter of the cap at the lower edge and at the same time strengthens said edge, thereby producing a tighter fit when pressed down over the neck 0, and when in this position the folds e of the inturned edge being in close contact with the neck of the bottle are firmly pressed and flattened thereby against the inner surface of the flange d in such manner as to produce a resistance to the tendency of the lower edge of the flange to spread or expand by reason of the opening of the folds, thus causing the cap to keep its'original shape and retain its position ed. If desired, the inturned portion of the flange may be gummed down on the inside of the cap for additional strength.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As anew article of manufacture, a paper cap for milk bottles and jars having its depending flange provided with creased folds with the lower portion of said flange turned up against the inside surface of the cap, the folds of Said inturned portion of the flange being adapted to be pressed flat against the inner surface of the cap by the contact therewith of the neck of .the bottle when said cap is in place thereon. v

2. As a new article of manufacture, a paper cap for milk bottles and jars, comprising a top portion and a depending flange creased in folds and having its lower portlonturned up inwardly and flattened in folds on the inner surface of the cap.

3. The combination with a milk bottle orv jar adapted to be closed by a paper disk, of a paper cap having its depending flange creased in folds and the lower edge of said flange turned up inwardly and flattened in folds Vitnessmy hand thislQth day ofJulgfirLD. against the inner surface of the cap, the folds 1904:. of said inturned portion of the flange being 7' 1 T Y i adapted to be pressed against the inner sur- IHlJNI x1 {an} IbON 5 face of the cap by the Contact therewith of In presence ofthe neck of the bottle over Which the cap is P. E. Tnsonmmcnnn, placed. LEWIS PFINGER. 

